By Brett Michael DykesWed Nov 3, 12:01 pm ET All eyes remain on BP’s actions in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of this year’s oil disaster. But a new report suggests the oil giant might be contending with another catastrophe soon enough, as its network of Alaska pipelines appears to be on the […]
By Maggie Fox; editing by Jerry NortonTue Nov 2, 2010 5:06pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Toxic chemicals at levels high enough to kill sea animals extended deep underwater soon after the BP oil spill, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. They found evidence of the chemicals as deep as 3,300 feet and as far away as […]
By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune Thursday, October 28, 2010, 12:30 PM National Oil Spill Commission investigators have found that the Halliburton cement used to seal the bottom of BP’s wild Gulf well in April was unstable and was used despite multiple failed tests in the weeks leading up to the massive well blowout. What’s more, […]
By Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune Saturday, October 23, 2010, 7:22 PM A Coast Guard official said Saturday the orange substance floating in miles-wide areas of West Bay on the Mississippi River delta appears to be algae, not oil as reported Saturday morning by The Times-Picayune. Lt. Cmdr. Chris O’Neil said a Coast Guard pollution investigator […]
Study near Gulf of Mexico spill site finds surprisingly high methane uptake by microbes Contact: Steve Bradt, steve_bradt@harvard.edu, Harvard University 20 October 2010 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 20, 2010 — Microbes living at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico may consume far more of the gaseous waste from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill than previously […]
Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2010 – Numbers of juvenile Atlantic tuna at a major spawning site in the Gulf of Mexico probably fell by at least a fifth this year as a result of the BP oil spill, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday. The assessment comes from satellite images and data of the […]
By PHUONG LE, Associated Press14 October 2010 NEW ORLEANS — Dead birds are wrapped in foil or paper, then sealed in plastic bags to avoid cross contamination. Dolphin tissue samples and dead sea turtles are kept in locked freezers. Field notebooks are collected and secured. Scientists examining dead animals that were discovered along the Gulf […]
The Associated Press Monday, October 18, 2010, 4:00 PM Six months after the rig explosion that led to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, damage to the Gulf of Mexico can be measured more in increments than extinctions, say scientists polled by The Associated Press. In an informal survey, 35 researchers who study […]
By David Ferrara, Press-Register Sunday, October 17, 2010, 5:31 AM As BP PLC begins an intense effort Monday to remove lingering tar balls, tar mats and oil stains from Alabama’s beaches and restore the sugar-white sand, officials in the coastal towns plan to keep a daily watch on the cleanup. Crews, back hoes and the […]
By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune October 12, 2010, 4:21 PM The sprawling band of lifeless ocean water known as the “dead zone” that forms each summer in the Gulf of Mexico has been well-documented for decades, with teams of government and research scientists analyzing the ecological impacts every year. But much less is known about […]
